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- Alright guys, got a BDS kit here.
This one's different, I don't think
we've never done this one.
This is gonna be a seven inch BDS for the 2001- 2010
GM 3/4 and 1 ton trucks.
So we got here an '01 that this is going on,
but this is gonna be a seven inch,
and this is the non torsion drop kit,
like BDS does on the newer trucks as well.
I think what we've shown...
But what that does is, rather than dropping
the torsion bars down like you see on a lot of the,
some of the old school lifts, these are gonna keep
the torsion bars up in the factory positions,
and actually move them up on the control armature
using these brackets, which in turn actually
provides a better ride, and more ground clearance.
So this one optioned out with the Fox 2.0 shocks all around,
we got lower control arm drop cross members,
which have the integrated differential drop.
And these are gonna be differential drops here,
a brace here, because you wanna lower that
differential down to maintain the proper cv axle angles.
And they actually integrate the differential mounting
into the crossmembers to keep everything rigid,
and actually stiffen it up more so than factory.
Upfront, like I said, lower control arm drop crossmembers,
then we got our sway bar drop crossmembers as well
to bring the sway bar down to factory levels.
This one, he got the annex 2 steering stabilizer.
And then, you know, you got your extended sway bar links.
BDS offers full replacement leaf patch to the rear,
but on this one the customer actually decided to
keep the blocks, and he's actually gonna go
with the fixed traction bars here.
These are BDS's fixed traction bars,
as opposed to the recoil system.
So that's why he went with the blacks traction bars,
and then as well as um--
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- Oh, nobody shut the compressor off.
- Oh you didn't do your checklist Lawson.
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And then obviously we got the skid plates here,
the BDS skid plates.
This is gonna be the diff skid plate
for the front differential, and then they got you this
splash guard plate here, which replaces the
factory plastic one.
Got your new lift knuckles here,
which are really heavy.
You can see they're forged units.
BDS offers two different versions.
Actually they give you two different options
for the knuckles,
standard track width option and narrow track width option.
On these trucks, or most any trucks, when you do a knuckle
width like this, you're gonna increase track width
or how far the front wheels stick out on the truck.
When you go with the standard ones,
it's gonna push the front wheels out a little further,
usually around an inch and a half,
but when you do that it's gonna maintain
factory turning radius,
Whereas the other options, the narrow track width knuckles,
which keeps the front track width stock,
but then it reduces your turning radius,
so you won't be able to turn as much.
And so they give you the option to choose what
you wanna do there, which is nice.
CV Axle Spacers, because like I said,
obviously the track width is increasing,
so you need to space out the front.
CV Axles, these are just gonna be some brackets and stuff
for the traction bars here.
That's pretty much it for the kit itself,
bunch of hardware, welding reinforcement plate here,
for the frame piece that will be cut.
And also just wanted to add, that he is actually upgrading
to kryptonite steering components and wheel bearings.
We are in fact a full line Kryptonite dealer.
So if you're interested in any kryptonite products,
let us know and we can get you a quote.
He's doing ball joints, tie rods, and they have lifetime
warranty wheel bearings as well.
All kryptonite products, I believe, are lifetime warranty.
So if you're interested, hit us up let us know.
Think he's just gonna get this lift kit installed
because it's for his uncle's dad's friend's cousin's
sister's neighbor, so he really, is really close with them
so he's gotta get it on.
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- [Male Colleague] One, Action!
- You didn't say you're whole little "Quiet on the set!".
- [Male Colleague] There's no one here to
tell to be quiet on the set.
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- Alright guys, we got the seven inch BDS
installed here on this truck,
and we're just gonna run through the parts
as they are installed here,
just so you can get an idea of
what they look like once installed.
Obviously you got the lower control
arm drop cross members here, front back,
new splash plate here with the BDS logo engraved in it,
or laser cut I should say.
Front differentials drop down,
you can see this drops here and this skid plate,
designed to protect the front differential
once it's lowered down,
as well as some cross bracing here.
It's actually really nice, you can see.
Let's go on this side.
Can you see here?
You can see they actually braced the
front differential here.
You add this, you built this piece onto the front
and it actually ties into the front drop cross member,
and the rear as well to really,
make the front differential rigid in place.
Then you got your new sway bar end links here.
These are a really nice heavy duty piece.
And then cv axle spacers here because of course
the knuckles are going to increase front track width.
Got the forged knuckles on there,
you can see, and remember the truck is up in the air.
So the truck is at full droop right now,
it's not how the angles actually are on the ground.
I want you to get a shot of that.
One of the issues we actually ran into on this truck,
as you can see is right here.
Apparently, they've really tight tolerance,
where the brake rotor will ride on this knuckle.
So normally you route your wheel speed sensor
just up the knuckle, up and around you're good to go,
but here apparently, there's such a tight tolerance
that you would actually slice through
the wheel speed sensor here for us.
So we're gonna have to replace that
and route it a different way.
Take a look at the other side.
So you can see or show people.
You can see here how close the brake rotor
is to that knuckle there.
There's no room to route that wheel speed sensor.
So you actually have to re-route it backwards,
and come out the back.
So just something to maybe note,
if you're gonna be doing this,
so you don't eat up a wheel speed sensor.
And then we got fox shox installed on here,
bump stop drops, and then this is gonna be part of
the non torsion drop system here.
You can see the bar, torsion bar
is in the factory locations still.
It actually raises it up on the arm,
rather than dropping it down on the truck.
Which is actually a really nice setup, works well.
It actually makes the truck ride a little nicer.
And then in the back here, this customer
opted for the fixed traction bars.
BDS offers two traction bar series,
the recoil series, and this is just the
standard fixed series traction bar.
Alright, so on the back here like I said,
BDS either offers the black option,
or they'll actually offer a full leaf
spring replacement option here.
But the customer opted to just go with the blacks.
And then he did the fox 2.0 shox in the rear.
And then you got your bump stop drops for the rear as well.
And then that pretty much rounds out the back.
They relocated the brake line bracket up there,
so you're not pulling on the brake lines.
One thing I forgot to mention is BDS includes this
front drive shaft spacer here, to basically help the
front drive shaft out so it's not being overextended.
So BDS apparently recommends, after the fact,
that you should clock the wheel bearing assembly.
So this would be in the factory location.
They want you to actually clock it 90 degrees clockwise,
so that the wheel speed sensor is actually over here
on this side, and you're supposed to run it up that way.
They don't tell you the instructions.
So they tell you to clock it 90 degrees here
clockwise so the wheel speed sensor runs out this way,
but then you run into the dust shields.
So you either have to modify the dust shield,
or remove the dust shield.
So that would be something nice to know beforehand,
but, unfortunately, they don't tell you that.
So you have to learn that the hard way.
On this particular truck you might notice
these upgraded tie rods here.
These are actually kryptonite tie rod ends,
tie rod end sleeves, and inner tie rods here.
These are a really heavy duty upgrade for these trucks.
We all know the GM trucks have steering issues,
and they're pretty wimpy from the factory.
So we upgraded this guy to some kryptonite stuff.
We are going to be selling kryptonite products
on our site soon.
So hit us up if you want some pricing,
and then we also did kryptonite ball joints
upper lowers, and then the tie rods.
So that's gonna be the BDS seven inch kit
here for the 01 to 10 GM 3/4 and a half ton trucks.
Overall it's a very nice kit.
The one thing I'm upset about is
the fact they mentioned nothing about this
wheel speed censor issue.
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